Chapter 25: "God's Gate"
This kind of writing...... Mu Xiu, can you actually understand it? I feel a little dizzy just looking at it. ”
The debt butler collected his mood and tried not to let the sadness affect him, he tried to squeeze out a smile and express his surprise in as calm a tone as possible.
He carefully narrowed his still reddened eyes, and with the help of a spell to create the light of the ball of light that was dangling in midair, he tried to make out the huge pattern on the mural and the strange graphic text engraved on it.
Then, I just felt weird and uncomfortable.
- This is the first feeling that Ayasaki got after the first glance and all the feelings after that, and nothing else.
The patterns on the murals themselves are very distinct in style and color, but without relevant experience, he can't see what these murals want to express, and can only feel a certain strong ancient charm and a sense of history and mysterious vicissitudes.
As for the words themselves, Ayazaki Sa naturally didn't know them.
And not only do I just don't know it, but I also feel uncomfortable from the bottom of my heart when I look at that font. There was a feeling of dizziness and tinnitus, as if the feeling of discomfort and nausea was coming directly from the depths of the soul.
He had a vague premonition of something bad, even if it was unreasonable, but it was indeed aware of the danger.
At this time-
"That kind of graphics...... It is the text carrier of "unified speech", which is incomprehensible to ordinary people. ”
Esumi raised one sleeve to cover her mouth and whispered behind the debtor butler, tactfully reminding the other party not to delve too deeply into the mysterious nature.
"So please don't keep reading, because the more impressions you leave, the greater the load on your spirit, and forcibly remembering may even wipe out your mental consciousness."
There are things that have no inclination in themselves, but they cannot change the heavy fact that human beings cannot bear their true nature.
The most intuitive example is pure oxygen, human living conditions are inseparable from the supply of oxygen, but if the planet's atmospheric environment becomes a component of pure oxygen, it can exterminate human beings.
And most importantly, they are not essentially "evil" specifically aimed at human beings.
Even in the world that was once human, it was an essential element that can only be said to be more than enough.
"Unified speech?"
Ayasaki felt a little puzzled, because he had never heard of such a language in history, and it was also incompatible with the painting style of Semitic, Indo-European or something.
And it sounds very dangerous, but—
"What language is that? I don't think I've heard of it. ”
Isn't this a language or culture unique to any country or race?
"Yes, it is actually a myth and legend, it is said that in the age of mythology, there was only one language in the world. It is not only the common language of human beings, but also the common meaning of all things......"
The kimono girl only nodded slightly, and her voice became solemn.
"Because everything is common, is it called a unified language, if so...... Wow! Yi, Miss Izumi?! The debt steward nodded thoughtfully, and then he reacted in hindsight, and was almost frightened to the point of almost flying out of the sky.
It wasn't until he reflexively jumped out three or four meters away, and after pulling a certain distance, he turned around, and only then did he realize that it was really the girl in the kimono with long black hair who appeared behind him.
"Miss Izumi!! Y-Why are you here?! ”
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The surroundings became silent for a while, and a subtle atmosphere spread in the sudden silence.
"Doesn't I think it's obvious at a glance? I guess she's lost.,Ayasaki-san, you have to get used to it.,You must know that this kind of reasoning is just a question for points.。 ”
Mu Xiu's expression on the side remained unchanged at all, as if he was accustomed to this. He gave Ayasaki a thumbs up and showed a confident smile, fully expressing what kind of calmness the so-called habit should be.
The debtor housekeeper who reacted suddenly covered his forehead, and his face showed a crying and laughing expression: "Send the question or something, spare me, how can there be such common sense in this world?" ”
And at this time, Eononomiya Yicheng's eyes wandered, and a suspicious flush appeared on his face.
In the end, she seemed to have made up her mind, and although she hesitated, she still said in a hurry: "That-may I ask, which direction is the training horse in?" ”
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She's really lost!
As a reminder, Nerima is located in the northwest of Tokyo's 23rd ward, which is now the underground space of Mykonos in Greece.
Although it is not an exaggeration to say that they are separated by half a world, they are definitely not two places that ordinary people can directly cross by getting lost.
"Honestly, it's not a question of direction anymore...... If Miss Izumi is not in a hurry to go back, let's leave together in a few days. ”
Mu Xiu sighed, and then said so.
Egremiya Isumi hesitated slightly, and then nodded slightly, agreeing to the proposal. Then she turned her head and looked around, as if looking for a direction to leave: "Then shall we go out now, Mr. Mu Xiu?" ”
“…… No. ”
The boy was silent for a moment, then decisively chose the negative option, and turned his head back to look at the huge painting wall.
Just like the tall walls and columns around it, this wall is nearly 100 meters wide and nearly 20 stories high, which is particularly magnificent and splendid.
"Mr. Muxiu, let's go, I think it's written on it...... Not a good thing. Egret no Miya Yicheng showed a troubled expression, lowered his eyes and said faintly.
"Can you read the words, Miss Izumi?" Mu Xiu's concern is another key point.
"Well, the era before the confusion of words, the only written carrier of the language in the world...... Legend has it that the gods confused the language, and before the gods disrupted it, it was the only language in the world. The kimono girl whispered, her gaze becoming solemn as she looked at the mural.
Most people have probably heard of the myth and legend of the Tower of Babel, and it is said that mankind at that time united to build a tower that hoped to lead to heaven.
In order to stop the human plan, God made the human beings speak different languages, so that the human beings could not communicate with each other, and the plan failed, and the human beings scattered from then on.
Because as far as human thinking is concerned, it is easy for a god to come down by building a tower and setting up a temple on top of it.
However, as far as God was concerned, he only felt that it was quite arrogant for human beings to want to approach the heavens, so they destroyed the tower.
"This kind of language is not just for human beings to communicate with each other, but to directly talk to the world, and everything is universal, in fact, I also learned from the magic called "concept sending and receiving" that I mastered from those visitors from another world, and then I determined the existence of this language......
Egremiya Izumi's tone was very hesitant, but he still slowly said his opinion.
Concept transceiving?
Mu Xiu thought for a moment and understood that she was talking about the special communication spell mastered by the Brave and the Demon King and other visitors from the other world, and the psychic spell that communicates information across the plane through the concept of direct sending and receiving.
Because you directly send the meaning you want to express into a concept, the person who receives it will naturally understand the meaning of the message.
Even if the background, beliefs, principles, and even thoughts of the two languages are completely different, it will not hinder the normal progress of communication.
In a way, this is equivalent to a weakened version of the unified language in another sense?
"Because there is a unified language, should there also be a unified script?" The Debt Steward frowned, "I don't know much about it, but I do know that it is the myth of the God's Gate that has been passed down in Babylonia...... But isn't this a relic of ancient Greece? ”
Babylonia, an ancient cultural region of the Euphrates Valley in southwestern Asia, was originally divided into two parts, Sumerian in the southeast and Akkadian in the northwest.
Ancient Greece, one of the main sources of Western civilization, was not the concept of a country, but the name of a region.
It is located in southeastern Europe, northeastern of the Mediterranean Sea, including the Greek peninsula, archipelago and islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, the southwestern coast of Turkey, eastern Italy and the eastern coast of Sicily.
These two places are simply the relationship between the eight poles!
"So this proves that in the more ancient past, it is possible to unify language and writing, and to share meaning......" Mu Xiu said after a pause.
Perhaps the specific account of the God who confuses speech is not so credible, but it is almost certain.
The true age of mythology is superior in all aspects, including language and writing.
In fact, Egremiya Isumi was able to decipher this kind of writing because she may have mastered the advanced spell of concept sending and receiving, and Mu Xiu was able to master the true skill of speech and spirit because of the power of the "boy" incarnation.
Both of these skills are more or less related to the only language that can speak to the world and determine meaning.
To get back to the point, people's language was messed up by God, who thought that if they couldn't communicate, they wouldn't be able to build a building as huge as the Tower of Babylon.
Regardless of the specific credibility of this legend, perhaps there was a god who was once named the Almighty and for some reason split the language of the world?
Linked to the idea of fate cause and effect that he had thought about before, Mu Xiu's expression became a little strange.
Although the Debt Butler and Egremiya Isumi did not know why, they could see his expression with the help of the slightly dim and soft light. It was an expression that was so complex that it was too complex to read.
Quickly reined in his emotions, Mu Xiu asked Yi Cheng of the Egret Palace indifferently, "Miss Yi Cheng, may I ask what you mean?" What I read is also incomplete, and maybe we can corroborate each other. ”
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The kimono girl was a little reluctant, she still felt that what was recorded on the mural was not a good thing, and if it was involved, it would be unfortunate, but after all, Mu Xiu had never refused her request before.
So of course, she has no way to refuse the other party like this.
What I could see was...... "In the Pillar Forest of Abrasa, sword in hand, proclamation of justice...... In this way, the road will be opened" ......
"What do you mean? What path will open? Ayasaki only felt that the more she listened, the more confused she became, and she didn't understand what it meant at all.
"The grammar behind is a bit strange, in addition to the previous "God's Gate" corresponding to the myth of the Tower of Babel, there is also "the castle where the gods live......"
Egret Palace Isumi slowly lowered his head, and a haze flashed in his eyes.
"It is to say that as long as the road is opened, the door of God can be opened and the will of heaven can be reached...... Not symbolically, but the one who opens the door will actually arrive at the castle where the gods live in the center of the world! ”
“……!!”
The debtor steward was shocked, because he had heard this statement a long, long time ago.